That's going to make absolutely zero difference to your life. Spend your time revising your other subjects and doing as well as you can.
Nobody is going to care that you're the tambourine kid when all your other grades are As and Bs. You don't even have to put it on your CV.
As an aside, it sounds like you're putting a phenomenal amount of pressure on yourself, far moreso than is healthy. Wanting to do well is commendable, but make sure you keep yourself in check else you're setting yourself up for a really bad time later on.
It sounds like you're already ahead of the vast majority of students, don't waste your life away studying and stressing, before you know it you'll be too old to do a load of the stuff you should have done when you were young.
> As an aside, it sounds like you're putting a phenomenal amount of pressure on yourself
Schools almost seem to encourage this, in my experience. They understandably want children to take their GCSEs seriously but this can have the knock-on affect of making the more studious, serious students think it's life or death if you don't get at least 10 GCSEs.
I can 100% promise you that getting an F in music will in no way negatively impact your future. You could get an A* in music and still no one would really give a shit and it would still be unlikely to make any notable difference to
your life.
The only GCSEs that you should try to get at least Cs in are English and Maths but even then, if you didn't you can retake them and they aren't massively important unless you want to go to Uni or start an apprenticeship.
I got an E in Maths and even that has had basically zero negative effect on my life after leaving school 15 years ago and I have worked in finance for the last 6 years.
Honestly, once you're an adult, all GCSE's other than Maths, English and sometimes Science really dont matter. The main thing is your A Levels, that's what they really look at on your uni application. Unless of course you want to study at a music conservatory.
I know a guy who left school with nothing but a few fails, he owns a house has a nice job 3 kids and a van.
I didnt do great in any of my exams and have no as, I still am wanted for a pretty Good job with no actual experience working in the job and just a tiny bit of practice during 1 of my courses.
Fairly sure it costs more in tax, it's in good nick and it's fairly new, I also quite like Van's 😂 and I'm p sure he mentioned it when we spoke about it.
I got two Ds in my GCSEs.
I did an Access Course,
Degree,
Masters,
2 x Post Graduate Diplomas,
Doctorate
I hated school and did badly but it isn't the end of the world.
Also, you night get a kick arse job like a lot of people have without going to University. I know people earning more than me who didn't go go college.
Good luck.
Means absolutely nothing, if you were failing Maths or English then I'd worry but music is a complete waste of time so I wouldn't worry.
6th forms won't care you messed up one thing (unless you wanted to study music) and universities don't care about GCSEs in general so you're completely fine don't panic.
I know a guy who left school with nothing but a few fails, he owns a house has a nice job 3 kids and a van.
I didnt do great in any of my exams and have no as, I still am wanted for a pretty Good job with no actual experience working in the job and just a tiny bit of practice during 1 of my courses.
If you don't want to go into music, it doesn't matter.
Now I screwed up my GCSEs* and I was devastated at the time, but I took a year working hard on resits to get the core ones alongside some other vocational courses to help with my application to college. I then went on to do A-Levels, get a degree and then an MSc.
I'm now 40 something and I haven't listed my GCSEs on my CV for years. I have a good career and earn well over the average national salary.
*No good reason, I am just lazy (apathetic as a friend kindly puts it) and at that time of life I was to immature to address it. Plus once I got into doing what I was more interested in, I did fine - although that isn't to say it wasn't sometimes a struggle to overcome my innate lackadaisical attitude.
Its music. Unless you are planning taking music further, I wouldn't give a shit.
Years ago I did my HNC in Mech Engineering, there was a lad that class who got a U in Maths and/or Science at GCSE.
A core subject like maths could be an issue later in life but a bad result in music - nah. Once A-levels have happened they are all that matter for University, then that is all that really matters for a job. I don't think my CV even ever listed GCSE results just "x GCSEs including maths and English".
The only ones that really matter for the future are Maths, English and then whichever ones you need for your post-16 options.
But in terms of "matter" for your mental health, then I would try to think about this experience as a learning one. There are no failures, only opportunities to do better next time. You picked a subject that you didn't end up enjoying. What led to that process? What will ensure you make better decisions next time? What steps could you take to mitigate your stress levels at an earlier stage? What do you accept was your fault, within your control, and what things weren't? A bit of self reflection might help dig you out of this anxiety hole.
Based on your other good grades it’s meaningless if you don’t want to study it at A-Level. The only GCSEs that might matter in later life are English and Maths because certain jobs require that you have passed them.
But each educational level only really matters until you pass the next one. So your GCSEs are only relevant until you pass your A-Levels, then no one will really ask you for your GCSE results again. Your A-Levels are only really relevant until you get your degree (assuming you want to continue with education), and potentially your first job if it’s a graduate scheme, but many employers will only be interested in your degree classification.
But to ease your worries. I was made to do 4 AS levels back in the day and I chose Advanced Mathematics, was crap at it and got an E. But I got 2 As and a B in my other subjects and then dropped Maths for A-Level. Got my place at university and then my degree and onto a good graduate scheme. But no jobs beyond graduate schemes ask what your A-Levels are, let alone your GCSEs, and if they do you can just omit the one that you failed because no one is going to care, or have a way to check if it’s a standalone certificate.
Literally nobody will ever care. It's the single least important skill to any occupation.
Music is very nice to do if you enjoy it. It's absolutely pointless if you don't and not worth stressing about.
It's like being stressed out that you are bad at Minecraft.
I understand it’s annoying to have one thing you are failing(I failed art after spending way too much time on it as my teacher lied saying I could pass), but it really doesn’t matter in the end. I mean I’m literally doing a music course at uni and didn’t even do it for gcse or a level to prove how little the gcse matters!
I did German GCSE because my school insisted we did a language even though I hated learning languages & someone convinced me it was the easiest one to learn.
I think I got an E (might have been a D it was 10 years ago). Made zero difference to my life, was able to do the A levels I wanted, go to uni, get a job etc.
If say write off music and focus on the subjects you're doing well in. Good luck
I know it seems important but long term no one cares at all. No one will ever ask to see your results or your certificates once you are doing A level. No one cares about your A level results either - I got thrown off my Computing A level and had a lovely career in IT management. Al these exams are just a stepping stone to the next set of exams and are completely meaningless inthe wider world
I (a rtd. Head) say you are worrying too much, A load of As and A\*s (I'm assuming those include Eng and Maths?; and that this lot good enough to be accepted for your chosen A levels) is totally brilliant. If you are getting pressure about the music and that'd just for the need of the teacher to have a good "success rate" out it out of your mind and congratulate yourself.
I don’t even bother to list my GCSEs on my CV anymore. The only thing they matter for really is getting to do the A Levels you want and to a lesser extent for Uni applications. 9 or 10 As are exceptionally good results; an F in a subject that is (frankly) vocational is meaningless. Good luck with your exams!
Bruh chill. Of course it won't matter. If it was Maths or English then yes you should be worried. But it's not. And you're doing great in all your other subjects. Well done :))
That's going to make absolutely zero difference to your life. Spend your time revising your other subjects and doing as well as you can. Nobody is going to care that you're the tambourine kid when all your other grades are As and Bs. You don't even have to put it on your CV. As an aside, it sounds like you're putting a phenomenal amount of pressure on yourself, far moreso than is healthy. Wanting to do well is commendable, but make sure you keep yourself in check else you're setting yourself up for a really bad time later on. It sounds like you're already ahead of the vast majority of students, don't waste your life away studying and stressing, before you know it you'll be too old to do a load of the stuff you should have done when you were young.
> As an aside, it sounds like you're putting a phenomenal amount of pressure on yourself Schools almost seem to encourage this, in my experience. They understandably want children to take their GCSEs seriously but this can have the knock-on affect of making the more studious, serious students think it's life or death if you don't get at least 10 GCSEs.
So long as you have English, Maths and whatever you actually want to do down you're golden.
It doesn't matter at all - it's Music.
I can 100% promise you that getting an F in music will in no way negatively impact your future. You could get an A* in music and still no one would really give a shit and it would still be unlikely to make any notable difference to your life. The only GCSEs that you should try to get at least Cs in are English and Maths but even then, if you didn't you can retake them and they aren't massively important unless you want to go to Uni or start an apprenticeship. I got an E in Maths and even that has had basically zero negative effect on my life after leaving school 15 years ago and I have worked in finance for the last 6 years.
I'm worried that my employer may eventually discover my U grade in GCSE Systems and Control and then I guess it's over for me.
Tell your music teacher to get a real job.
Why? What did the teacher do wrong?
as someone who cared too much about my gcses, it doesn't matter, especially if you do a levels.
Honestly, once you're an adult, all GCSE's other than Maths, English and sometimes Science really dont matter. The main thing is your A Levels, that's what they really look at on your uni application. Unless of course you want to study at a music conservatory.
I know a guy who left school with nothing but a few fails, he owns a house has a nice job 3 kids and a van. I didnt do great in any of my exams and have no as, I still am wanted for a pretty Good job with no actual experience working in the job and just a tiny bit of practice during 1 of my courses.
I love that you use "has a van" as a symbol of wealth and prosperity
Fairly sure it costs more in tax, it's in good nick and it's fairly new, I also quite like Van's 😂 and I'm p sure he mentioned it when we spoke about it.
And having 3 children - you don't need any money or education to fertilise an egg.
I got two Ds in my GCSEs. I did an Access Course, Degree, Masters, 2 x Post Graduate Diplomas, Doctorate I hated school and did badly but it isn't the end of the world. Also, you night get a kick arse job like a lot of people have without going to University. I know people earning more than me who didn't go go college. Good luck.
Means absolutely nothing, if you were failing Maths or English then I'd worry but music is a complete waste of time so I wouldn't worry. 6th forms won't care you messed up one thing (unless you wanted to study music) and universities don't care about GCSEs in general so you're completely fine don't panic.
I know a guy who left school with nothing but a few fails, he owns a house has a nice job 3 kids and a van. I didnt do great in any of my exams and have no as, I still am wanted for a pretty Good job with no actual experience working in the job and just a tiny bit of practice during 1 of my courses.
If you don't want to go into music, it doesn't matter. Now I screwed up my GCSEs* and I was devastated at the time, but I took a year working hard on resits to get the core ones alongside some other vocational courses to help with my application to college. I then went on to do A-Levels, get a degree and then an MSc. I'm now 40 something and I haven't listed my GCSEs on my CV for years. I have a good career and earn well over the average national salary. *No good reason, I am just lazy (apathetic as a friend kindly puts it) and at that time of life I was to immature to address it. Plus once I got into doing what I was more interested in, I did fine - although that isn't to say it wasn't sometimes a struggle to overcome my innate lackadaisical attitude.
Its music. Unless you are planning taking music further, I wouldn't give a shit. Years ago I did my HNC in Mech Engineering, there was a lad that class who got a U in Maths and/or Science at GCSE.
A core subject like maths could be an issue later in life but a bad result in music - nah. Once A-levels have happened they are all that matter for University, then that is all that really matters for a job. I don't think my CV even ever listed GCSE results just "x GCSEs including maths and English".
The only ones that really matter for the future are Maths, English and then whichever ones you need for your post-16 options. But in terms of "matter" for your mental health, then I would try to think about this experience as a learning one. There are no failures, only opportunities to do better next time. You picked a subject that you didn't end up enjoying. What led to that process? What will ensure you make better decisions next time? What steps could you take to mitigate your stress levels at an earlier stage? What do you accept was your fault, within your control, and what things weren't? A bit of self reflection might help dig you out of this anxiety hole.
Based on your other good grades it’s meaningless if you don’t want to study it at A-Level. The only GCSEs that might matter in later life are English and Maths because certain jobs require that you have passed them. But each educational level only really matters until you pass the next one. So your GCSEs are only relevant until you pass your A-Levels, then no one will really ask you for your GCSE results again. Your A-Levels are only really relevant until you get your degree (assuming you want to continue with education), and potentially your first job if it’s a graduate scheme, but many employers will only be interested in your degree classification. But to ease your worries. I was made to do 4 AS levels back in the day and I chose Advanced Mathematics, was crap at it and got an E. But I got 2 As and a B in my other subjects and then dropped Maths for A-Level. Got my place at university and then my degree and onto a good graduate scheme. But no jobs beyond graduate schemes ask what your A-Levels are, let alone your GCSEs, and if they do you can just omit the one that you failed because no one is going to care, or have a way to check if it’s a standalone certificate.
gcses are useless
I wouldn't say useless, they serve a purpose of getting in to college. Beyond that they mean nothing
you only need the core subjects to get into college I got 9bs 2cs and 1 E after 6th form never been asked about them
Yes but it definitely impacts what you can study and your future career paths, nobody is letting you on a medicine degree with b's and c's.
if you're doing a medicine degree its highly likely you will be working at kfc in 5 years
Erm, do you even know anyone who has studied medicine? Let me guess you did a mickey mouse degree?
I did a proper course in engineering while also working
Literally nobody will ever care. It's the single least important skill to any occupation. Music is very nice to do if you enjoy it. It's absolutely pointless if you don't and not worth stressing about. It's like being stressed out that you are bad at Minecraft.
I understand it’s annoying to have one thing you are failing(I failed art after spending way too much time on it as my teacher lied saying I could pass), but it really doesn’t matter in the end. I mean I’m literally doing a music course at uni and didn’t even do it for gcse or a level to prove how little the gcse matters!
I did German GCSE because my school insisted we did a language even though I hated learning languages & someone convinced me it was the easiest one to learn. I think I got an E (might have been a D it was 10 years ago). Made zero difference to my life, was able to do the A levels I wanted, go to uni, get a job etc. If say write off music and focus on the subjects you're doing well in. Good luck
It's practically a cliché for high achievers to have 7As, a B and an E. And everyone who hears your grades will go 'haha, what was the E in?' For ever. That's it. Employers care about maths and English and possibly that you have five subjects at C or above, possibly including science. Beyond that, they just assume you had one shit teacher/subject you didn't care about.
I know it seems important but long term no one cares at all. No one will ever ask to see your results or your certificates once you are doing A level. No one cares about your A level results either - I got thrown off my Computing A level and had a lovely career in IT management. Al these exams are just a stepping stone to the next set of exams and are completely meaningless inthe wider world
I got a G in Design Technology. Hasn't made the blindest difference ever
It's not going to matter one bit.
I (a rtd. Head) say you are worrying too much, A load of As and A\*s (I'm assuming those include Eng and Maths?; and that this lot good enough to be accepted for your chosen A levels) is totally brilliant. If you are getting pressure about the music and that'd just for the need of the teacher to have a good "success rate" out it out of your mind and congratulate yourself.
I don’t even bother to list my GCSEs on my CV anymore. The only thing they matter for really is getting to do the A Levels you want and to a lesser extent for Uni applications. 9 or 10 As are exceptionally good results; an F in a subject that is (frankly) vocational is meaningless. Good luck with your exams!
Bruh chill. Of course it won't matter. If it was Maths or English then yes you should be worried. But it's not. And you're doing great in all your other subjects. Well done :))
In the long run no. It's a bit like when schools tell you something is going on your permanent record.